Intel: Saudi Arabia backs Egypt on Libya

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said his government supports Egypt’s calls for a cease-fire in Libya after a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo.

Saudi Arabia

How COVID-19 widened Egypt’s budget gap

The coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown measures have largely affected Egypt’s budget deficit.

Egypt

Egypt seeks extradition of Sisi's 'pain in Spain'

Madrid is looking into the case of Egyptian construction contractor Mohamed Ali at the Egyptian authorities' official request that the Spanish authorities extradite him for fraud offenses.

Egypt

Turkey untroubled by conflict with Egypt, UAE in Libya

Ankara believes a large-scale Egyptian ground operation is highly unlikely in Libya, considering the likely dynamics of power struggles in the skies of Sirte and al-Jufra, between tribes in southern Libya and on air and naval logistical routes between Libya and Turkey.

Egypt

Are Sinai attacks linked to Egypt’s plan to intervene in Libya?

The Egyptian army thwarted a terrorist attack in the city of Bir al-Abed in the northern Sinai Peninsula, which analysts believe is associated with Egypt’s possible military intervention in neighboring Libya.

Egypt

Nile dispute no closer to being resolved, despite African Union mediation

Agreement between Ethiopia, Egypt offers prospect of more talks but no clear pathway to resolution.

Egypt

Egyptian COVID-19 patients complain of pressure, deception on clinical trials

Many family members of coronavirus patients in Egypt report being forced or tricked into allowing their loved ones to participate in clinical trials.

Egypt

Egypt heads to Amman, Ramallah to revive peace efforts

The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs visited Jordan and the Palestinian city of Ramallah to declare Egypt’s rejection of the Israeli intentions to annex parts of the Palestinian lands in the West Bank.

Palestine

Algeria, Tunisia on sidelines of regional diplomacy over Libya conflict

Algeria is concerned about whether Egypt will deploy force in Libya.

Egypt

Egypt's Al-Azhar in dispute with government over fatwa authority

Tensions are escalating between Al-Azhar and legislative and executive authorities over proposed legislation that would render Dar al-Ifta an "independent" institution, ending Al-Azhar's long-standing patronage of the Islamic legal body — and replacing it with state dominance and possibly tighter government control over the religious narrative.

Egypt

Panic downriver as Ethiopia's mega dam hits first-year target

Ethiopia's controversial dam on the Nile River has reportedly already met its first-year filling target despite the ongoing disagreements with Egypt and Sudan over its impacts on countries further down the Nile.

Egypt

Egypt kills 18 militants in foiled Sinai attack, army says

Two Egyptian military personnel died and four were wounded in an operation in the Sinai Peninsula July 21.

Egypt